Fatal Stroke after the Death of a Sibling: A Nationwide Follow-Up Study from Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rostila, Mikael ^a   Saarela, Jan ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIBLINGS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84874340294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056994     Document Type: Article

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